Strike 7,489 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Yup, those are the 3. It's stated in the UEFA Match Press Kit.i hope meireles gets yellow carded for complaining from the bench. That way he wont start vs Barca/Milan (IF we get through) even if we go for 3 CDM's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 i hope meireles gets yellow carded for complaining from the bench. That way he wont start vs Barca/Milan (IF we get through) even if we go for 3 CDM's!Becareful for what you wish for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Becareful for what you wish for...one can only dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman43 45 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 It will be interesting what team he puts out, whether he goes for the experience of Ferreira again and the "freshness" of Kalou. The players he brought in were a suprised to me, but the gamble paid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trueblue1982 48 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I wonder how we'll go about the game. Will we look to defend and nick a goal and keep it tight, or will we try and blast Benfica out of the water and go for an early 3 or 4 goal aggregate lead? I think the former would be a far better option, Benfica are a quality side and no doubt they'll come out and attack from the whistle. We can exploit that and play on the counter, but I don't think we should try to out-attack them. Of course, an attacking approach will be the last thing they expect so maybe we should go all out for the opening 5 minutes to catch them off guard and hopefully score a goal before withdrawing and defending for the rest of the match.Huge tactical headache for me, thank god it's di Matteo's problem and not mine They have to come at us anyway, think it will be slow for the first 10-20 min and catch them on the break, keep it tight and simple and i think we will do it, cant go all guns blazing because they will cause us problems, keep it simple and tight and get the basics right and hello semi final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trueblue1982 48 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 We can't go into this game thinking about having that 1-0 lead and away goal. Need to treat this as if the tie is still 0-0 and where conceding a goal would be a disaster.conceding will be a disaster, im not sure if anyone knows this all the talk of our away goal, if benfica score more than 1 then score draws they go though as they would have scored more than us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortilla9 390 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I'm having a brain lapse here. If the score Wed is say Chelsea 4 - Benfica 2, Chelsea still go through on aggregate, right? The away goal and multi-tasking is messing with my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I'm having a brain lapse here. If the score Wed is say Chelsea 4 - Benfica 2, Chelsea still go through on aggregate, right? The away goal and multi-tasking is messing with my head.WTF man? Of course that result would mean victory for Chelsea because then it would be 5-2 on aggregate. Only if Benfica win 1-2 or 2-3 etc. or by a margin of 2 or more then Benfica goes to the semifinals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiclasCFC 2,582 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I'm having a brain lapse here. If the score Wed is say Chelsea 4 - Benfica 2, Chelsea still go through on aggregate, right? The away goal and multi-tasking is messing with my head.If the score is 4-2 chelsea go through with a total of 5-2 but lets say benfica win 2-1 at the bridge and its a total of 2-2 Benfica go through because have scored 2 away goals and we only 1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I'm having a brain lapse here. If the score Wed is say Chelsea 4 - Benfica 2, Chelsea still go through on aggregate, right? The away goal and multi-tasking is messing with my head.The whole away goal thing only counts when both teams have scored the same amount of goals after both legs have been played . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortilla9 390 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 My little red notification button was quite busy. Like I admitted to...brain lapse. Sometimes you look at something and make it much harder than it needs to be. That's me with the away goal. Thanks for the clarification. I'll start worrying IF Benfica scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranklyFrank 103 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Anything to get us through it great for me tbh. I would like another Torres goal though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 damn itt..it's still tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Only 16 hours now.. patience lads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Only 16 hours now.. patience lads!to the Milan Barca game not Chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Oh right, my bad. I thought we were playing on Wednesday, not Thursday. 42 hours then. Damn it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 every game is a cup final now. in the premship, fa cup, ucl it doesn't mattr. nothin to lose now. go robbie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Assists leaderboard Champions League 2012 :Benzema - 5 (571') ... 1 assist every 114'Gaitan - 5 (749') .... 1 assist every 150'Kaka - 4 (306') .... 1 assist every 91'Torres - 4 (501') .... 1 assist every 125'Ribery - 4 (659') .... 1 assist every 175'Messi - 4 (720') ... 1 assist every 180'Cuenca - 3 (186') ... 1 assist every 62'Fabregas - 3 (431') .... 1 assist every 144'Love - 3 (540') ... 1 assist every 180'Alves - 3 (611') .... 1 assist every 204'Torres is the most consistent provider outside the Spanish big 2.Chelsea also has the second highest possession in terms of percentage for teams still left in the competition, 58%. Highest - Barcelona ofc, 68%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Fernando has more assists (12) than anyone except Mata but a less goals per game ratio than Kalou. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmessy 139 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 any news on DD and luiz??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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